A FINE SILVER QUART CANN

MAKER'S MARK OF PAUL REVERE, BOSTON, CIRCA 1770

Details

A FINE SILVER QUART CANN
Maker's mark of Paul Revere, Boston, circa 1770
Baluster-form, with a molded rim and foot, the scroll handle with an acanthus grip, the front engraved with a crest, marked .REVERE near rim
5 3/4in. high; 16oz.
Revere, Paul

Provenance

Firestone & Parsons, Boston
The Mr. and Mrs. Eddy G. Nicholson Collection, Christie's, New York, June 17, 1992, lot 64

Lot Essay

The crest is that of Phillips, traditionally that borne by Samuel and John Phillips, founders of the Academies at Exeter and Andover, Massachusetts.
A very similar large cann by Revere, from the Joynt Collection, sold in these Rooms, January 19, 1990, lot 275.